South Carolina State

Greenville County, SC

NewsOne

More than three quarters of Black people support reparations and a stunning 85 % link slavery and its legacy to current socio-economic problems for Black people. 
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Maintaining Focus: Reparations And Black Celebrity Crimes

Louisiana State

Daily Mail

Majority-white cities are popping up across the South as wealthy communities attempt to break away from poorer black neighborhoods.

Why 'white fortress' cities are rising up across the South as wealthy residents breakaway from poorer black neighborhoods

Newark, NJ

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Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Montgomery, AL

Michigan Advance

As the story of Juneteenth is told by modern-day historians, enslaved Black people were freed by laws, not combat. Union Gen. Gordon Granger said as much when he read General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, in front of enslaved people who were among the last to learn of their legal freedom. According to the […]
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US laws created during slavery are still on the books

OK Magazine

Kanye West has been slapped with another lawsuit. According to documents filed in a U.S. District Court, the disgraced rapper, 47, and his former chief of staff, Milo Yiannopoulos, were named as defendants in a suit which accuses them of "forced labor and cruel inhuman, or degrading treatment" with their employees of the YZYVSN development team. Per the legal papers, West and Yiannopoulos allegedly used racist language and called their staffers, some of whom were as young as 14 years old, "slaves." The "Heartless" artist reportedly made the workers to sign non-disclosure agreements, and threatened to fire the minors and...

Kanye West Called Employees 'Slaves,' Used Racist Language and Engaged in 'Cruel Inhuman' Treatment of Staffers, New Bombshell Lawsuit Claims

The Guardian

R Derek Black unlearned white supremacist ideology, came out as transgender and wrote a memoir about their journey

Child of Klan leader on abandoning white nationalism: ‘I am haunted by its legacy’

Dallas, TX

The Independent

 A Texas megachurch pastor has suddenly announced he is stepping down from the institution he helped build after 48 years of preaching, saying only that he has fallen short of the “absolute supreme standard of truth” he aimed to live “due to sin.”Evangelist Dr Tony Evans, 74, the first Black person to earn a doctorate of theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, founded the Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in South Dallas in 1976 with his friend, the Reverend Crawford Loritts, according to NBC DFW.Originally from Baltimore, Evans began the church in the living room of the house he shared with...

Dallas pastor quits 10,000-member megachurch he has led for nearly 50 years after committing ‘sin’

New York City, NY

Long before Juneteenth, enslaved and free Black New Yorkers celebrated African culture during a holiday that eventually made white people feel threatened. Pinkster (Dutch for Pentecost) marked the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Jesus Christ’s disciples. The religious celebration was a little-known African American holiday with roots in 17th-century Dutch colonial New York. Over time, the festival evolved into “a form of cultural resistance,” that included African dance and drum performances.

Why White Fear Of Black Power Outlawed An African American Holiday Before Juneteenth

TravelNoire

A Black American FedEx driver shared her experience with racism on TikTok. The driver received a warning from her employer that there are certain towns in the Midwest where she is not permitted to deliver packages. In @thatfedexdrivertrina’s now-deleted video, she described what delivering in these areas is like. Known as “sundown towns,” these communities have… Continue reading Social Media Reacts To Black FedEx Driver Restricted From ‘Sundown Towns’ In 2024: ‘Those Towns Should Be Blacklisted’

Social Media Reacts To Black FedEx Driver Restricted From ‘Sundown Towns’ In 2024: ‘Those Towns Should Be Blacklisted’

Saint Johns County, FL

Hastings, FL

Jacksonville Today

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

8 arrested in Hastings drug and gambling bust

Georgia State

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Coffee County, GA

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

Accusations of child molestation from decades ago have brought down a pastor who founded one of the largest megachurches in the U.S. and once served as an evangelical adviser to former President Donald Trump. Texas pastor Robert Morris recently admitted to "inappropriate sexual behavior" with a 12-year-old girl in the...

The scandal roiling one of the nation's biggest megachurches, explained

The e-Texan

New York – As Trump anticipates his sentencing on July 11th in the New York hush money case, Florida Judge Aileen Cannon made a ruling this Monday. Despite rejecting Trump’s legal team's request to dismiss several charges in the classified documents case, she conceded on a minor point. She removed a portion of the charges that referenced an uncharged allegation, but upheld the other charges.

Legal expert says Trump should not be jailed after New York guilty verdict because he is ‘too old’

Kentucky Vibes.net

Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. In a shocking move, Tony Evans, the senior pastor of the Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, has stepped down after serving for 49 years. His resignation is due to an undisclosed “sin” and people of the congregation and the society at large are left in shock and wanting to know more.

After almost 50 years, Texas megachurch pastor Tony Evans resigns over unknown ‘sin’.

Detroit, MI

The Associated Press

Two white autoworkers bludgeoned 27-year-old Chinese American Vincent Chin to death with a baseball bat during his bachelor party in Detroit in 1982, but his loved ones’ cries for justice fell on deaf ears. Twelve days passed before any media outlets reported Chin’s killing by men who blamed Asian...

The brutal killing of a Detroit man in 1982 inspires decades of Asian American activism nationwide

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People have different levels of maturity. An individual’s age or upbringing can make them possess certain traits. Yet, most people believe that one matures as they grow old. On the contrary, some zodiac signs appear childish in old age. They are jumpy and careless. This strains their relationships with signs who misunderstand them. Air and fire signs are temperamental and some people refer to them as being childish. How can you identify an immature sign?

3 Zodiac Signs Who Are Immature

Devra Lee

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Horoscope of the Day, Wednesday, July 3rd

Ali Carney, 46, of Newark, received a 65-month prison sentence for conspiring to distribute narcotics, including fentanyl and heroin, and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, according to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Gang Member Sentenced to 65 Months for Drug Trafficking

Aurora, CO

David Heitz

The Aurora City Council will consider using opioid settlement money Monday to pay for drug treatment for clients of its yet to open homeless services campus. The council will vote during its study session whether to spend money from the fund on a peer advisor, a van to transport clients from the navigation center to treatment, and a case manager. The city will receive about $14 million in opioid settlement funds, according to a presentation by city staff to the city council.

Aurora may send homeless people to rehab

New Jersey State

NEW JERSEY - Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that Walmart has agreed to pay $1.64 million to settle allegations of unlawful unit pricing practices across its 64 New Jersey retail stores. The settlement, which includes a $1.61 million civil penalty, marks the largest ever obtained by the Division’s Office of Weights and Measures (OWM).

Walmart Pays $1.64M Settlement for Unlawful Pricing in NJ

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Community Remembrance Project exhibit shines light on history of lynchings

A new, permanent exhibit at the Upcountry History Museum that seeks to shine a light on one of the nation’s darkest periods of racial conflict, was...

Community Remembrance Project exhibit shines light on history of lynchings

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